Bothroponera sculpturata

Bothroponera sculpturata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Bothroponera
Species complex:	talpa
Species:	B. sculpturata
Binomial name
	Bothroponera sculpturata; (Santschi, 1912) Type Specimen Label
Synonyms
	Bothroponera mlanjiensis Arnold, 1946;

Identification

Keys including this Species

Key to Bothroponera talpa species complex

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -3.88333° to -29.76667°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Malawi (type locality), Zimbabwe (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Biology

Castes


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Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

sculpturata. Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) sculpturata Santschi, 1912b: 151 (q.) MOZAMBIQUE.
- Type-material: 2 syntype queens.
- [Note:Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 134, cites 1q syntype NHMB (as ‘holotype’).]
- Type-localities: 1 queen with no state data (probably Zimbabwe): Zambezi (F. Demarchi) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 772; no lectotype designated), 1 queen Mozambique: Prov. de Gorongoza, Tendo du Sungoué, 40 m., 1907 (G. Vasse).
- Type-depositories: MNHN, NHMB.
- Combination in Bothroponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 76.
- Subspecies of pumicosa: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 772; Bolton, 1995b: 309.
- Status as species: Joma & Mackay, 2020: 379 (redescription).
- Senior synonym of mlanjiensis: Joma & Mackay, 2020: 379.
- Distribution: Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa.
mlanjiensis. Bothroponera mlanjiensis Arnold, 1946: 55, figs. 8, 9 (w.q.) MALAWI.
- Type-material: 8 syntype workers, 1 syntype queen.
- Type-locality: Malawi (“Nyasaland”): Mlanje, 2000 ft, 16.xii.1944 (G. Arnold).
- Type-depositories: BMNH, SAMC.
- Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 307;
- combination in Bothroponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 76.
- Status as species: Arnold, 1952a: 462 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 307.
- Junior synonym of sculpturata: Joma & Mackay, 2020: 379.

Description

References

Joma, A.M.A., Mackay, W.P. 2020. Revision of the African ants of the Bothroponera talpa species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 146: 355-408. (doi:10.3157/061.146.0206).
Santschi, F. 1912b. Fourmis d'Afrique et de Madagascar. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 56: 150-167 (page 151, queen described)
Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, S.O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817, 1–242 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1).
Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 772, Variety of pumicosa)